Barbara Stuart, Leader Of Civic Organizations

Barbara Edwards Stuart, 77, a longtime Chicago area volunteer and civic leader, was the wife of Robert D. Stuart Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Norway.

A resident of Lake Forest since 1954, she died Thursday in Lake Forest Hospital.

Over the years, Mrs. Stuart served as a volunteer or board member for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the Urban Gateways Foundation, the Women's Board of the University of Chicago, the Gorton Community Center and the Lake Forest Symphony.